Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-14

Afew years ago q western congressman
vent to ono Of the Washington theatres
10 witness the performance of "The Daughter
Of tbs Regiment" The western official was q
large man, over six feet tall, who had been a
brave soldier In the wal. He followed the
scenes in the play with rapt interest, growing
moro excited. In the scene where the soldier
seated on the coffin is about to be shot, and
tho Daughter" rushes out and receives the
volley intended for her lover, the congress
man could not control himself. He sprang
up, trembling with excitement, and with
tears in his eyes exclaimed: aD-n it, !
Gay, it's too bad"
Ono Of the party with him-who has since
come into the senate-quickly caught him by
the coat skirts and pulled him down into his
seat When he was fairly settled and realized
that his friends were laughing at him he
became calm and Joined in the laugh himself.
It was a long time before he heard the last Of
the Daughter Of the Regiment washing
ton Cor. New York tribune.
A MATRIMONIAL EXPERT.
Average Ago Of the Mol and Women
Who Enter h Marriage State.
On q street car the other day I met a man
who asked me to make q guess at the average
ago Of. the men and women who marry in
Chicago. / reflected for q moment upon the
impatience Of youth and the ardor Of love,
and replied: ~Twenty-three for men and 20
for the women" But I was wong. "The
average" said the man, with that authority
which comes of knowledge, us % years for
mem and % for women. How do I knowa Be-
cause I have figured it out from published re-
ports Of the marriage licenses issued from day
to day. OF course, q good many marry
much younger than this, but just think
how the average II brought up when
some lovesick youth Of 20 Dr. 50 leads
to the altar . blushing damsel only q few
years his junior. Several such cases have oc-
CURED in Chicago Of late, and I came across
n match in which the groom wa rs and
the bride 80. This was several years ago,
though there have since been several cases
nearly a. bad. I saw one license, too, in
which the groom's g was given at 81 and
the brides at 60. This was an extreme case,
OF course, but the number Of cases in which
markably large. In 90 marriages out of 1000
In Chicago tho men are younger than the
women, and in Sc outof LOCO bride and groom
arc Of the same age. The average marriage
ago for males in Chicago is about the same as
f England and Scotland, but the average
age Of the women over there is nearly three
years older.
@Russia is the place where they do marry
young. Over there moro than one-third of
the men and more than one-half of the women
marry before they are 20. Is there as much
marrying in Chicago as in Europe in proper
ton to populationl Here are the figures: In
Chicago during 1885 the marriages averaged
Is per 1000 inhabitants; in England the rate
Is II per 1000; in France. 16; in Germany,
Is, and in Sweden, only Is. The lowest mar
rdage rate il in Ireland. I am satisfied that
there are very few consanguineous marriages
fn Chicago, which Is . healthy sign. In France
~ per cent Of the marriages are consan-
guineous; in England, 2 per cent, and among
the nobility, s per cent Three-quarters Of all
co~nsanguineous marriages are between
There Is a greater number Of con-
marriages in the south than in
Chicago"
slave the matrimonial adventures in
Chicago any favorite days for taking out
I asked, ~perceiving that the man
was q specialist on the marriage question.
@Yes, indeed" he replied, Monday is the
big day for marriage licenses. The number
taken out OF that day averages so to Is per
cent. higher than any other day in the week.
Explain thisl Easily. Most of the counting
IS done on Sundays Among certain classes Of
people marriages very quickly follow engage
nents, and as Monday is the day after Sum
lay you can see the cause Of the Monday
rush. Another explanation is that Monday is
general pay day, and on the day after a
good many candidates for mat: imony haven't
money enough to take put q license WITH
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